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29 Cards in this Set
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In what year was Shakespeare born?
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1564
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In what year did Shakespeare die?
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1616
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In what year were Shakespeare's sonnets published?
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1609
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How many Shakespearean sonnets are there?
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154
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What year was the First Folio published?
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1623
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In what year was the Act of Supremacy passed?
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1534
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What was the Act of Supremacy and what year was it passed?
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1534, Henry VIII declares himself "Supreme Head of the Church of England"?
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In what year did Queen Elizabeth die and who succeeded her?
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1603, James VI of Scotland
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What happened in the British Monarchy in 1603?
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Queen Elizabeth died and James the VI of Scotland became James I of England
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Where was Shakespeare born?
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Stratford Von-Avon
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Who passed the Act of Supremacy?
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Henry VIII
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In general, who supported the theater and who opposed it?
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Local authorities opposed the theater, but the Queen supported it.
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Using descriptions in the text, plays were able to help the audience with...
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suspension of belief
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To help the audience with suspension of belief, the text had to do what?
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set the setting, be descriptive
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What was one of the main sources for Henry IV?
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Raphael Holinshed's The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland
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What was a main source for "Twelfth Night"?
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The story of "Apolonius and Silla"(1581) by Barnaby Rich
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Which is the only one of Shakepeare's plays with a subtitle?
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Twelfth Night
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How many plays were in the First Folio?
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36
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How many plays in the First Folio had not been published before?
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18
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What were the three categories in the First Folio?
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Tragedies, Histories, and Comedies
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What was the main source/influence for "Measure for Measure"?
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An English play by George Whetstone "Promos and Cassandra (1578)
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What historical years does "MacBeth" cover?
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1034-1057
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What are four changes in MacBeth that Shakespeare makes form Holingshed's history?
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1. He condenses two wars
2. A different king, further back in history, was spurred on by his wife to kill a king 3. Banquo is in on the murders 4. MacBeth rules for 10 years without anything happening |
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What was one of the sources for "The Taming of the Shrew"?
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Anonymous ballad called A Merry Jest of a Shrewede and Curste Wyfe (printed 1550)
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What were the sources for "The Winter's Tale"?
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* Robert Greene's "Pandosto" (1588)
* Ovid's "Metamorphoses" |
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What year did Shakespeare join The Lord Chamberlain's Men?
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1594
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What is an iambic foot?
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an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The rhythm can be written as:
da DUM! |
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Though poet's vary their feet, which foot is most often an iamb?
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The second foot
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Which foot in iambic pentameter is most likely to be changed and what happens to it?
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The first foot is often inverted
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